Another bundle of joy at the Houston Zoo

My buddy Brian Hill always sends along the best news. Today, it’s a birth announcement about the Houston Zoo’s latest resident: It’s a girl! She is a babirusa pig, a rare and endangered one at that.

The piglet’s name is Hadiah, which is an Indoesian word for “gift.” You can guess where babriusa pigs are natives. Join me at the zoo this weekend (I give my annual pass quite the workout) to see Hadiah. She can be found at the zoo’s Wortham World of Primates with her mom, Remley.

(Note to Brian: WW of Primates? How about a Wonderful World of Swine? A Pig Palace? A Glorious Boar-averse?)

I became obsessed with wild pigs years ago after a visit to the San Diego Zoo. I had no idea how many different types of swine there are. Everyone knows there’s a lot of fish in the sea and birds in the sky. But swine? Who knew?